An economist on Twitter- insights on his journey

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Justin Wolfers jumps into Tweeting and later ask the question on whether he hfsd become a better economist as a result (he doesn't know just yet). Some early observations include finding the experience fun and addictive, "all about the links" you share, and that Google+ "really is a better technology for everything Twitter does".

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http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/08/02/an-economist%e2%80%99s-twitter-experiment-begins/

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